Got a set of Contis installed on wife's Q5 this morning. Within 5 miles and 10 minutes of leaving the shop, I apparently hit something on the hwy doing 75 MPH. I hear a loud bang, and all air is lost almost instantly. I pull over to the side almost immediately, but the tire is a goner. Strangely the low pressure warning never came on. I guess it takes a while to register a pressure difference on vehicles that don't have physical sensors. I initially thought maybe they installed it incorrectly, but upon inspection, there is a puncture in the tread area, so I must have hit something, even though I did not see it.
Sadly, they can't get another one of these tires in stock for another week, and we're leaving on a road trip in 2 days, so we'll be driving on noisy winter tires. Ugh....
Sadly, they can't get another one of these tires in stock for another week, and we're leaving on a road trip in 2 days, so we'll be driving on noisy winter tires. Ugh....
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